In an October interview with the Orlando Sentinel, White described renewable energy as “uncontrollable.”

“Adding more and more variable, uncontrollable renewables to the electric grid will serve only to necessitate backup power from reliable coal or natural gas to stabilize the mix,” White said in the interview.

The Dallas Morning News editorial board described White as an “apologist for polluters” in 2007 after she left the TCEQ.

Another member of the TPPF, former Rick Perry deputy general counsel Brooke Rollins, is also reportedly under consideration for a role in the Trump administration. Rollins is the president and CEO of the think-tank.